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BOXING

Fighter banned for attacking ref

Croatian boxer Vido Loncar was suspended for life by the country's national boxing federation on Tuesday for punching a referee after losing his match at the European youth championship. Loncar was "suspended from boxing for life over his brutal attack on an official," a federation statement said. Loncar, apparently unhappy with Polish referee Magej Dziurgot's decision to halt Monday's match and award the victory to the other fighter, knocked Dziurgot to the canvas and punched him several times before he was dragged out of the ring.